Nelson B. McCORMICK

(1847-1914)

McCORMICK, Nelson B., a
Representative from Kansas; born near Waynesburg, Greene County,
Pa., November 20, 1847; attended the common schools; moved to
Marion County, Iowa, in 1867, where he engaged in farming and stock
raising until his removal to Phillips County, Kans., where he
settled upon a homestead in 1877; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Phillipsburg, Kans.; deputy
prosecuting attorney of Phillips County 1886-1888; prosecuting
attorney 1890-1894; declined to be a candidate for renomination;
elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4,
1897-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898
to the Fifty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Phillipsburg; Kans.; delegate to the Democratic State conventions
in 1904 and 1908; prosecuting attorney of Phillips County
1910-1914; died in Phillipsburg, Kans., April 10, 1914; interment
in Fairview Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present